Andronnikov storyteller biography

A brief biography of Irakli Luarsabovich was born on September 28 in St. Petersburg. The Andronikov family often moved and eventually stopped in Tbilisi. There, the young man studied classical literature and national culture, talked a lot with the cultural figures from different cities of the Soviet Union who came to visit his parents. From the year, Irakli studied at once in two higher educational institutions: at the Historical and Philology Department of the University of Leningrad and at the verbal department of the Institute of History of Arts.

He received the specialty of a literary worker with a magazine-gas bias. Features of the author’s work in his student years, the young man began to act as a lecturer of the Leningrad Philharmonic. In the famous satirical story “For the first time on the stage,” he describes his failed debut. The fact is that Andronikov was a very shy person and was very nervous during public speeches.

He said that the language himself “displayed extraordinary answers” ​​when the young man passed exams at the university. Gradually, Irakli Luarsabovich learned to benefit from this feature and a few years later created his own genre of performances - an oral story, "improvisation growing in the process of execution." A man often parody of writers, artists, musicians, scientists and other famous people, accurately reproducing their facial expressions, intonation, manner of speech and features of thinking.

He never rehearsed, did not look for a word, spoke very easily and without blots.

The sparkling stories of the writer enjoyed great success, they were called the "Theater of one actor." Among the works of that time - “The Story of the Actor”, “Dr. Kiknadze”, “The Bodyguard of the Empress”. Since the year, Andronikov worked in humorous magazines Chizh and Hedgehog. Four years later, he received the position of bibliographer of the Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library.

In the year, Irakli Luarsabovich defended his thesis on the topic of "looking for Lermontov." All his life he studied the work of Mikhail Yuryevich and wrote nine books about the life of the poet and the Lermontov Encyclopedia. In the year, the writer debuted on television, taking part in the shooting of several films. In the year, the man was awarded the Golden Calf award of the Literary Newspaper.

The writer was married to actress Vivian Abelevna Robinson, two daughters were born to the spouses: the art critic Manana Andronikova and journalist Ekaterina Andronikova. For many years, Irakli Luarsabovich suffered from Parkinson's disease. The prose writer died on June 11 in Moscow. Similar authors.